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CINDERS 



BY 

LILY T1NSLEY 

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Jack Warrener, a briefless barrister. 

Amelia Ann, otherwise " Cinders " — daughter of Jack's 
laundress. 

Scene. — Jack's chambers in the Temple. 

Time. — Seven o'clock in the morning. 

Length of Representation. — Twenty-five minutes. 



Dress for Cinders. — (She is to look about seventeen.) 
Short torn skirt ; dirty apron with bib ; old blouse, sleeves 
turned up ; old tawdry hat, hair in plait, big fringe. 



light overcoat ; hat 



For Jack. — Evening dress ; lonj 
gloves ; trousers' pockets empty. 

Properties for Cinders. — Dirty litle newspaper par- 
cel in bib of apron ; housemaid's box with tray, cinders in 
box and two old gdoves (gent's) ; in tray, china jam pot with 
black lead brush ; short brush (to polish), short black 
broom, paper, matches, bundle of wood and short shovel. 

For Jack. — Cigarettes ; matches ; pocket-book, in it 
two lottery-tickets ; half crown in waistcoat pocket ; bunch 
of lilies of the valley in dress coat buttonhole ; letter to 
throw in, lightly stuck down. 



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door with practical letter-box. 7- Door- 



PROPERTY PLOT. 

Wig and gown hanging on nail in flat at back Two 
briefs? paper*. 2 glasses, jug of water, bottle of brandy, 
photo in frame on table C. 

Fire-irons; cinders in fireplace; ornaments on shelf; 
letter on floor near door R. Letter to throw in, lightly 
stuck down. 



CINDERS. 



Scene. — Good chamber-scene, doors R. {with practical 
letter-box) and L. Wig and gown hanging on nail on 
door R., small table down R., arm-chair L. of table, on 
table two briefs, papers, two glasses, bottle of brandy, 
jug of water, photo in frame, letter lying on floor at 
back R., stove h., fender and fire-irons, cinders in fire- 
place, odd things on shelf. 

Note. — Letters in italic in words in Cinders' part to be 
sounded. 

Cinders, {outside) May I come in ? {enters door 
R.) Good-morning, Mr. Warrent — H'oh ! 'e ain't 'ere, 
h'ain't h'up yet. And the door left h'unfas/ined h'as 
us/^al ! There'll be a murder or a burgleery done in 
these 'ere chambers one of these days, and nobody won't 
know nothink abart it, as sure as my nime's — Cinders. 
Hello ! {picks up letter) 'ere's a letter fer 'im. That's 
funny — cos the post ain't in yet. Wonder if it's h'any- 
think h'important, and I h'oughter wake 'im h'up and 
give it ter 'im. {looks towards doorL.) No, t'ain't come 
by post nither. T'aint got no stamp on it. A pinky 
h'enverlope and a silver what-d'ye-call-it, monygram — 
fer all the world like a walentine. An 1, my ! {smelling 
it) don't it small nice ! Looks like as how it was from 
one of 'is swall friends. Wonder if it's a lidy f {thinking) 
Oh, wall ! It ain't nothink ter do with me. {crosses L. and 
puis letter on shelf behind something) I'd best be a-lightin' 
'is fire, {takes box and kneels down by grate \ begins to 
rake out fire, stops) Lor ! I'm forgettin' them gloves. 
Not as 'ow they're much use, my 'ands is alius a bit grimy 
with siftin' cinders all day long, but mother sez as 'ow it 
looks a bit more respectful, and she ought'er know. She 
lived amongst the swalls afore she left sarvice, an' took 

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ter doin' fer young gents 'ere in the Temple, 'cept when 
her rheumatics is too bad, and I 'as ter come instid. An' 
these 'ere is a pair of Mr. Warrenter's {looking in box 
lid) I likes a-doin' fer Mr. Warrenter, 'e's so civil and 
pleasant spoken/ like — not like Mr. Ouiverquill h'upsteers, 
(action with thumb) 'as ain't 'ad a civil word fer no- 
body since 'e come a Q. C. and took silk, tho' what 'e took 
it fer I dunno. Where is them gloves ? [looks in box) 
Oh ! 'ere they are along of No. 48's rubbish, (shakes 
dust out of gloves and puts them on) They're amost 
too good, but Mr. Warrenter 'e chucks 'em away. E's a 
h'awful swall is Mr. Warrenter, though they do say in the 
Court as 'ow 'e ain't 'ad a single cliint, as they calls 'em, 
ever since 'e come 'ere. My ! don't 'e dress ! Shan't fer- 
get the fust time I seed 'im. 'E was all in brarn (counts 
on fingers) — brarn coat, brarn weskit, brarn trarsers, 

brarn boots and a brarn 'at. I sez to myself, I sez ■ 

Na (?i ow), where's them matches ? O, lor' I keeps h'on 
a-losin' things this mornin'. Wonder if Mr. Warrenter 
left h'any of 'is fusees abart ? (gets up and looks on 
table, sees photo, takes it up) Hello ! what's this ? Ain't 
seed this afore. Portrite of a young lidy. My ! ain't she 
a swell ! In a fur coat and a 'at all over fevvers. (slowly) 
Wonder who she is, and 'ow 'e come by it ? Maybe it's 
'is sister, though she ain't much like 'im 

E7iter Jack r., smoking cigarette. He is pale a7id slightly 
7iervous a7id preoccupied 171 77ia7i7ier. 

JACK. Hallo ! What are you doing there at my table ? 
Oh ! it's you, is it, Cinders ? 

Cinders. Yes, Mr. Warrenter. — Good morning, sir. — 
Beggin' yer parding I was only a-lookin' fer the matches. 
—It's me ! (a little flurried, stares hard at Jack) 

Jack. So it seems. Your mother not able to come 
again ? 

Cinders. No, sir. Her rheumatics is a bit bad this 
mornin'. 

Jack. So I expected. I met her in the Court when I 
went out last night. 

Cinders. Yes, sir ! She'd been a-marketin'. 

Jack. Yes. I noticed she'd got more than she could 
carry. (co77ies dow7i L. of table) 

Cinders. She sent 'er respectful compliments, Mr. 
Warrenter, and 'oped as 'ow you wouldn't mind me 



CINDERS. 7 

a-comin' instid. {Kneels down at stove. Goes on brush- 
ing it) 

Jack. Not at all ! I'm getting quite used to it. (sits 
on arm of arm-chair) But, I say, Cinders, I wish you 
wouldn't call me " Warrenter." It's not my name, and 
I'm not a Sheriffs Officer. 

Cinders, {stopping work) Ain't it, Mr. Warrenter ? 
I begs yer pardon, 1 thought as 'o\v it was, being some- 
thing ter do with the lore (law). 

Jack. Not bad for you, Cinders ! But if I were you 
I wouldn't begin making jokes quite so early in the morn- 
ing. Talking of names, " Cinders " isn't your real name, 
I suppose ? Who gave it to you ? Not your godfather 
and godmothers in your baptism, eh ? 

Cinders. Lor, sir — no ! Never 'ad none as 'ow I 
know'd of. (quickly) One farver and mother like I've 
got's quite enough fer any gel — 'specially when there's 
any amarnt more of yer. 

Jack. Any amount more of you ! I thought you were 
an only child. 

Cinders. Me h'a h'only child ! Don't I wish I was. 
Maybe we'd be a bit better off then. No, sir, there's seven 
of us, all boys, leastways 'cept-in' me. I'm the only gel. 

Jack. Seven of you ! No wonder your mother some- 
times has a drop too — I mean, sometimes has the rheu- 
matics. And so "Cinders" is your name, because you 



can't afford any othe 

Cinders. No, sir ! I was christianed H'Amely 
H'Ann. 

Jack. H'Amely H'Ann ? Oh, I see — you mean 
Amelia Ann. 

Cinders. Yes, sir, that's it. H'Amely H'Ann. Do 
sound a bit grand, don't it ! A'most too grand fer me ! 
Mother she give it me fer luck. It was the nime of 'er 
last mistress afore she left sarvice and married farver — 
and wished she 'adn't ! The party 'd been a cook one/, 
and when mother know'd 'er, (proudly) she was a reel live 
lidy, the wife of a barynite. — (shyly) But I likes to be 
called " Cinders " best. 

Jack. Indeed ! Why ? Who did give you the name f 

Cinders. Why lor', sir ! You did. 

Jack. Did I ! Very rude of me, I'm sure. (takes off 
overcoat slowly, puts over back of chair and sits) 

Cinders. No, sir, it wasn't. Said as 'ow you never 



8 CINDERS. ; 

seed me without this 'ere cinder-box, and I ain't never 

been called nothink else ever since, and {turns and 

sees Warrener) Lor ! Mr. War-ren-/<?r (gets 

up, with black broom in hand) 

JACK. Hallo ! what's the matter ? 

Cinders ! Yer do look jest {admiring Jack up 

and down) 

Jack. Just what ? 

Cinders. Jest (clasps broom) lovely. I alius know'd 
as 'ovv yer was a swall. But my, yer do look — a reg-ler 
h'art an' h'arter {out and outer). 

Jack. Here ! I say, Cinders. Not too many com- 
pliments before breakfast, please. Haven't you ever seen 
a fellow in evening dress before ? 

Cinders. No, sir. Oh, yes, I did one/. It was at 
the theayter, Dury Lane. In a mealy drama, I think they 
calls it. 'E'd got a dimint here as big as a h'egg right in 
the middle of 'is shirt-front, (pointing to spot on self 
with thumb ) Not as 'ovv 'e looked no better than you, 
sir, fer all that. 

Jack. No. Of course not. 

Cinders. And 'e worsn't the right sort of gintleman, 
nither. Kep' h'on a-follerin' the Vroine abart {action 
with broom) and makin' love to 'er, somethink shameful, 
when all the time she was a-courting with another feller. 

Jack. I suppose she married '* the other fella," and 
they lived happily ever afterwards ? 

Cinders. Oh, yes, it all corned right in the enA But 
I couldn't sleep fer nights fer thinking abart it. (goes on 
with stove) 

Jack. Here, I say, you aren't stage struck I hope, 
Cinders ; not thinking of going on the stage yourself, 1 
mean ? 

Cinders, (stops doing stove) Me go on the stige ! 
H'act ! No, sir. Not h'unless it was in the balle/. I 
dances sometimes to a pianoforte h'orgin as plays regler 
in the Court o' Saturday nights, and folk sez it's as good 
as a pantymime. But somehow, I ain't no fancy fer it. 
Blacking stoves and picking up cinders all day long ain't 
uptermuch, but when it comes ter blacking yer eyes and 
painting yer face, somehow it don't seem respectful. 
'Sides, who'd do yer fire fer yer when mother couldn't. 
No, I don't think as *ow I'll go on the stige, Mr. War- 
renter ! (goes on with stove) 



CINDERS. 9 

Jack. That's right, keep off it as long as you can. 
Cinders. Anyway, it's as good as a theayter— me a- 
aoin' the stove, and you a'sittin' there in yer h'evelin' 
dress, {rakes stove) 

Jack. I appreciate the compliment, (Jacking him- 
self with handkerchief) and the dust! (Cinders gets 
up and goes to table behind Jack, puts water in black- 
lead pot from water-jug ; stirs with brush. Sees button- 
hole) 

Cinders. And, lor' !— what a lovely buttin'ole ! Lilies 
of the walley, ain't it? Most gents gets 'emselves h'up 
with a bunch of wilets, but them there's the verv thino- 
fer you. J * 

Jack. Glad you like my taste. As it happens I didn't 
buy them for myself, but for— for a friend. But the luck 
was against me, and we didn't meet last night, (lakes 
out lilies and puts in glass on table during speech) 

Cinders. Is that why you've been art so h'early this 
morn in' sir ? {kneels down to stove and remains kneel- 
ing at work at it, occasionally stopping to face around 
towards Jack. Lays fire towards end) 

Jack. Been out so early ? Come home so late you 
mean, (looking at watch) Eight o'clock, by Jove ! It 
is about time I turned in. 

Cinders. You mean as 'ow yer ain't been ter bed all 
night ! Lor', Mr. Warrenter ! wherever 'ave yer been ? 
To the theayter ? 

Jack. No, Cinders. The Club— an All-night sitting 
over the Devil's picture books, if you know what that 
means, (action as with cards) 

Cinders. You mean as 'ow you've been a card-play- 
in', Mr. Warrenter ? 

JACK. That's it, Cinders. Yesterday— I may as well 
tell you as anyone else— I lost ^50 —last night, or rather 

this morning, I played to win it back, and 

Cinders. Lost agin ! Folks alius does, as wants ter 
win ! 

Jack. Yes, lost again ! Another fifty ! 
Coders. You've lost fifty parnd (^50), Mr. Warrenter ! 
Jack. No, Cinders, a hundred ! 

Cinders. ^100, Mr. Warrenter ! But you'll pav it 
back ? 

JACK. Pay it back ! £100 ! Why, I've hardly so 
many shillings in the world till my uncle dies and leaves 



io CINDERS. 

me his money. I was a fool and no mistake. By-the- 
bye, I wonder what I did with those lottery tickets. Oh ! 
here they are ! [takes out pocket-book, takes out tickets, 
puts them back again) 

Cinders. Lor', Mr. Warrenter, I am sorry ! 

Jack. Oh, well, it's no use crying over spilt milk. I 
shall get out of the mess somehow, I suppose. I don't 
mind so long — (looking at portrait, unseen by Cinders) 
as it doesn't get to the ears of somebody who has a rooted 
aversion to cards, and happens to be the father of some- 
body who doesn't happen to have a rooted aversion to me. 

Cinders. (aside) I wonder what it means — not 
'avin' a rooted adversion ? 

Jack. But thanks for your sympathy all the same, 
Cinders. 1 always knew you had a motherly heart under 
all that— dust. 

Cinders. It's the cinders, sir. But you're wrong 
about the 'eart, Mr. Warrenter. I ain't got none. Least- 
ways, Jem Stone sez so. 

Jack. Jem Stone, who's he ? 

Cinders. Alius comes ter tea a-Sunday, and brings 
srimps. 

Jack. Always shrimps, Cinders ? 

Cinders. No, sir, sometimes it's creases. Onct on 
my birfday it was sprats. 

Jack. But what have shrimps and creases and sprats 
to do with your having no heart ? What made him say 
that? 

Cinders, (hesitates, and holding out gloved hand) 
Well, sir, 'e wants ter sit and 'old my 'and, and I don't 
like it ! 

Jack. Wants to sit and hold your hand ! Here, I say, 
Cinders, you haven't got a sweetheart, have you ? As 
your legal adviser, 1 mean, godfather, I can't allow that, 
you know ! 

Cinders. Well, sir, 'e ain't much of a one. 

Jack. I don't know. Shrimps and creases and sprats 
and wanting to sit and hold your hand, sounds very like 
real bona fide — courting ! Anything else ? 

Cinders. Yes, sir. When 'e goes, 'e gives me a kiss 
and mother 'arf a crarn ! (is 6d) 

Jack. And you don't like that, either ? 

Cinders. No, sir, I'd rather 'ave the 'arf crarn. (slap- 
dash) 






CINDERS. II 

Jack. Oh, Cinders, you are all alike ! 

" Oh, woman ! in our hours of ease, 
Uncertain, coy and hard to please ; 
When pain and anguish wring the brow, 
A ministering angel, thou." 

Cinders, {facing him, hands out) You ain't a-call- 
ing me a minstre/ing h'angel, h'are yer, Mr. Warrenter ? 

Jack. Well, no, Cinders, you don't exactly look hke 
one. {pause) 

Cinders. Mr. W r arrenter ! 

Jack. Well ? 

Cinders. Yer don't mind very much, do yer ? 

Jack. Mind ! Mind what ? 

Cinders. Abart Jem — and the kissin' ? 

Jack. Mind ! No. Why should I ? Oh, you mean, 
as your legal godfather. No, of course not. Why should 
I ? I say, Cinders, would you mind if /were to give you 
a kiss ? {not spoonily) 

Cinders, {turns) You give me a kiss, Mr. Warrenter ! 
Lor', sir, I never dreemt er sich a thing ! I'm too — too 
dusty. {Stuck. Rubs right hand across mouth and 
back, taking off glove ) 

Jack. I didn't say I was going to do it. I said " would 
you mind ? " 

Cinders. No, sir — {shyly) — not if you and me was 
a-courtin'. 

Jack. You and I courting ! Oh, Cinders, you'll be 
the death of me. {laughs) 

Cinders, {dashed) Yes, I suppose it do seem a bit 
rediclous. {pause. Puts match to fire, it does not burn 
up. Stops) Mr. Warrenter, — 'ave you — I suppose you 
'ave got a sweetheart, ain't yer ? 

Jack. Rather ! 

Cinders. Ye mean as 'ow yer engiged and goin' ter be 
married ? {drops match) 

Jack. That's it, Cinders. Though with debts a hun- 
dred and odd pounds, and assets nil, there doesn't seem 
much chance of it at present. But we live in hopes, 
though. 

Cinders. Engaged and goin' ter be married ! 1 
never thought abart that. (Aside. Change in man- 

LofC. 



12 CINDERS. 

tier, but not too great, thoughtful, turning head to look (it 
Jack now and then, and the7i looking quickly away) 

JACK. Thought of what, Cinders ? 

Cinders. A hart you being a-courting. 

Jack. Thought you and Jem had it all your own way, 
with the shrimps, and sprats and creases. Not a bit of 
it, I can tell you. (short pause. Cinders goes on with 
stove, then stops, repeats at each pause) 

Cinders. I suppose she's a — a somebody ? 

Jack. A — what ? 

Cinders. A hue lidy ? 

Jack. She is a lady to the tips of her dear little fingers, 
bless her ! 

Cinders. What's 'er nime ? S'pose it's something 
grand, not like H'Amely, H'Ann — er — Cinders. 

Jack. No ! It is rather prettier than either, though I 
wasn't her godfather. 

Cinders. What is it, then ? 

Jack. Millicent Ruth. "Innocent Truth " I call her 
— for she's never told me anything but the truth ever since 
I've known her — told me it I touched the cards I should 

Cinders, {dully) Come a cropper ? 

JACK. Well, no, she didn't put it quite like that ; but, 
by Jove, she was right, after what happened last night. I 
was a fool and no mistake, {slight pause) 

Cinders. Mr. Warrenter ? 

Jack. Well ? 

Cinders. I s'pose I h'ain't a lidy, am I ? 

Jack. No, Cinders, not exactly. 

Cinders. And I h'ain't h'innercent, nither — 'ears too 
many bad words in the street fer that. 

Jack. That's not your fault. But I hope you do speak 
the truth, Cinders ? 

Cinders. No, I don't — not alius, (savagely) Sometimes 
I tells lies, h'awful black lies (a little break in voice), 
when I'm tired, and sick of sifting cinders all diy long. 

Jack. Poor Cinders, (short pause) 

Cinders. Mr. Warrenter ? 

Jacr. Well ? 

Cinders. What's she like ? 

Jack. She— whom ? 

Cinders. She as you're a-courtin'. Miss H'innercent 
Truth, as yer calls 'er. Is she pretty ? 

Jack. Pretty as a picture ! 



CINDERS. 13 

Cinders, {pointing to portrait on table) Is that there 
'er portrite ? 

Jack. Yes ! that's her portrait, {takes it up) 

Cinders. I knovv'cl it. {pause) Pretty, rich, and a 
lidy. No wonder 'e laughs and makes fun ef me. We ain't 
ter be mintioned in the same breff. She's a bit of coal as 
flames up bright and sparklin', as foiks is pleased ter see. 
I'm only a bit o' cinder — gray and dirty {shovelling up 
cinders), and fit to be chucked away in the dust-cart. 
{putting cinders into box. Pause) And yer loves 'er 
very much, Mr. Warrenter? {miserably, looking at him 
quickly over shoulders and away) 

JACK. Oh, yes ! My intentions are strictly honorable. 

Cinders. What does that mean ? {mechanically) 

Jack. It means that if anything were to part Milly 
and me — we'll, I hope it won't, that's all ! By-the-by has 
the post come in yet ? I am expecting a letter about a 
lottery that I'm interested in. 

Cinders, {dully) No, sir. The post hain't in yet. 
But, lor', I clean forgot. There is 3. letter fer yer. {gets 
tip and looks for it on shelf) 

Jack. A letter for me ? And the post not in ? 

Cinders. 'T'ain't come by post ; leastways 'tain't got 
no stamp on it. Looks as if it had been rammed in the 
letter-box all in a 'urry. 

Jack. Oh ! a bill, or a threatening letter of some sort, 
I suppose. Is it in a blue envelope ? 

Cinders. No, sir ; a pinky one, with a silver — what- 
d'ye-call-it — monygram. {finds letter) 

Jack. A silver monogram ? Why, it must be from 
Milly. Here, hand it over, Cinders, (rises) 

Cinders. Oh, Lor', sir, I've been and gone and 
smudged it. 

Jack. You little fool ! 

Cinders. Yer ain't angry, Mr. Warrenter? I didn't 
do it a-purpose. 

Jack. There, no. Hand it over — and get on with 
your fire, {takes letter. Aside) It is from Milly. (sits) 
What on earth can she have written about ? {opens let- 
ter and sits staring. Cinders turns and gets tip) 

Cinders. Lor', Mr. Warrenter ! What's the matter ? 
Whatever is it ? 

Jack. Matter ! I've been a bigger fool than I thought, 
that's all. 



14 CINDERS. 

Cinders. Is it from 'er, Miss H'Innercent Truth ? 
What does she say ? 

Jack, {goes to put letter in pocket. Nods) There ! 
read it for yourself, that is, if you can ? [gives letter) 

Cinders. Oh, yes, sir. I can do that. The School 
Board is alius a-worritin' mother's 'eart abart some of us, 
And this 'ere is plain as print. {reads slowly and dis- 
tinctly ; drops ti s) " Dear Jack : Farver — has just — 
come in — from — the — Club. He has heard of your — 
gambling debts, and — is — in — a fearful rage. He de- 
clares that — unless you pay — off — every — penny, and 
promise never to touch cards again, the engagement is 
at an end between us." But you'll pay the debts, Mr. 
Warrenter ? (gives back letter) 

Jack. Pay ! Don't I tell you — Cinders, do you know 
what it is to be stony-broke ? 

Cinders. Stony-broke ! Lor', sir, father ain't never 
been nothink else ever since I know'd 'im. 

Jack. Then I'm stony-broke, Cinders. Look here. 
{stands up, pulls out pockets, and holds up half a 
crown) Here's all the available cash I've got in the 
world — half a crown. Pay ! I'm as likely to pay as the 
man in the moon, (sits) 

Cinders. Then the engagement's broke off? 

Jack. Yes, it's all over between Milly and (drops 

head in hands over table) 

CINDERS. Lor', Mr. Warrenter, what's the matter ? 
Yer ain't ill, are yer ? 'Ere, 'ang on ter me — put yer 
'ead on my shoulder — I don't mind. Oh, lor', sir, don't, 
you're a-crumpling that luvly shirt front ! 

Jack. Here, I say, what's the matter ? (lifts head) 

Cinders. You was took ill, Mr. Warrenter. But 
you're better na\ (now) You are better, ain't you ? 

Jack. Yes, I'm all right. Don't make a fuss. 

Cinders. But yer do look bad. (fearfully) You 
ain't a-goiu' ter die, are yer ? 

Jack, (rising) Die? No, never say die ! This room 
is so confoundedly hot — and I ate nothing all day yester- 
day. That's what's the matter. 

Cinders. Ain't eaten nothing since the day afore yes- 
terday ? My, yer must be empty! Ain't there nothink 
in the 'ouse ? If so be yer wouldn't mind me a-mintion- 
in' of it, mother alius gives me my dinner when I comes 
out, fer fear there ain't none left when I gets back # 



CINDERS. 15 

{takes parcel out of apron bib and opens it) It 'appens 
as 'ow it's something particlar nice this mornin' — 'art a 
pork pie or a cold saveloy. If so be as you'd 'ave a bit, 
Mr. Warrenter, I'd be mighty proud, (opens parcel) 

Jack. No, thank you, Cinders, [shudders) I'd rather 
have a drink, {pours out brandy) 

Cinders, {puts parcel back in bib) What's that, Mr. 
Warrenter? Not brandy? Oh, lor', sir, don't! It's 
been the ruin/j er farver. He keeps 'isself pretty right all 
the year round, but safe as it comes ter Boxin' Day, 'e 
treats 'isself to a bottle {turns slightly away), an' then 
mother 'as ter go an' bail 'im art. {turns again) Let 
me make yer a cup of tea. I'm a capital 'and at makin' 
a cup er tea. 

Jack. What, with a fire like that? (sits) 

Cinders. Don't seem as 'ow it will burn this mornin'. 
{kneels at grate) 

Jack. Here ! (taking up briefs) Burn these, {throws 
th'em to her. Drinks, gets a little reckless in manner, 
not drunk) 

CINDERS. Lor', sir, ain't they wery waluable ? {exam- 
ining them) Why ! there ain't nothing writ inside 'em ! 

JACK. No. Cinders, they are ail a sham, every one of 
them, like the rest, of the world. Put Messrs. John Doe 
and Richard Roe on the fire. 

Cinders. And yer can't pay the debts no'ow ? Ain't 
there nothing yer could sell ? 

Jack. Nothing — except a pile of old clothes. Though 
there is my wig and gown. They're new enough ! 

CINDERS. 1 wouldn't sell yer wig- and gown, Mr. 
Warranter ; yer might want 'em. I seed yer in 'em onct, 
sir. 

Jack. Indeed ! When was that ? {drinks) 

Cinders. Outside the Lore Courts. I didn't like to 
speak ter yer. 

Jack. Oh, yes, must give them an airing sometimes. 

CINDERS. Lor', sir, was they as damp as all that ? 
Yer oughter 'ave let mother 'ave 'em. She'd 'ave give 
'em a airin' afore the kitchen fire. And there ain't nothink 
else, sir ? 

Jack. Don't I tell you, half a crown is all I possess in 
the world except — I was forgetting those lottery tickets. 
{takes them out) But nobody would be such a fool as to 
buy them of me. They are sure not to be worth the 



16 CINDERS. 

paper they are printed on. Here, Cinders, here's a present 
for you. {holds out ticket j Cinders gets up and takes it) 

CINDERS. Lor', sir, what is it ? A five pound note ? 

Jack. No, Cinders. I haven't any of those to spare 
just at present. It's a lottery ticket. Take care of it ; if 
your number's drawn you win a thousand pounds. 

Cinders. A thousand pounds ! How much is that ? 

Jack. ^1,000! {silly laugh) Didn't think there 
was so much money in the world, did you ? 

Cinders. But — why are yer giving it ter me if so be 
you want money so badly yerself ? You might win. 

Jack. I, win ! I'm the unluckiest fellow in the world. 
Never won sixpence in my life. That's why I was such a 
fool to touch the cards. They are so much waste paper to 
me. So I'll be generous for once. Maybe it will bring 
me luck, {puts other ticket on table) 

Cinders. But what shall I have to do if I win ? 

Jack. I know what I should do. 

Cinders. What ? 

JACK. Why, marry you straight away. 

Cinders, {breathlessly) You, marry me, Mr. War- 
renter ? But I ain't a licly ? 

Jack. Every woman with a thousand pounds in hard 
cash is that, Cinders. You d find plenty of fellows who'd 
think so. But mind, I have first claim. 

Cinders. But I shouldn't like yer ter be ashimed of me. 

JACK. Oh, I'd soon teach you manners. 

Cinders. Wouldn't it take a long time ? 

JACK. Then I'd marry you first {slap dash) and 
••make a licly of you," afterwards. Perhaps it wouldn't 
take quite so long as you think. 

Cinders, {slowly) Maybe not, if you was the teacher. 

Jack. It's a bargain then, {gels up) Shake hands. 
(Cinders holds out right hand with glove on, Jack 
laughs, Cinders pulls glove off. They join hands) 
You win, I marry you and educate you up to my standard. 
I say, Cinders, if it does come oft you will be a real live 
" lidy " after all. When my uncle dies I shall be a " bary- 
nite." 

Cinders. Lor', Mr. Warrenter. {drops hand) 

Jack, {drinking) Here s health to the future " Lidy " 
H'Amely H'Ann Warrenter, otherwise Cinders. 

Cinders. Lor', Mr. War-ren-ter. {steps nearer. Stuck) 

Jack. Well, I'll go and have a pitch clown and wait 



CINDERS. 17 

events. Good-morning, yer lidyship ! {bows, exit l. 
laughing) 

Cinders, {pause) 'E may larf— but 'e's a-breakin' 
'is 'eart out fer all that ! an' I can't do nothing ter per- 
vent it. {puts ticket in bib of apron) 1 only wish I was 
a fine lidy, with caps er money. I know what I would 
do. I would marry 'im straight away ; if {sees portrait) 
it wasn't fer the other one. No, I can't do nothink 'cept 
light 'is fire, {postman's knock) Hello ! There's the 
postman, {letter drops in at letter box, doer R., picks it 
up) Another letter for 'im. Wonder if it's any more 
bad noos ? If I thought as 'ow it was, I'd tear it hup, or 
throw it be'ind the fire. T'ain't a pinky h'enverlope this 
time. Nor a blue one nither, but it may be bad noos fer 
all that. I'm a jolly good mind ter open it an' see. 'E 
let me read the other one — from 'er. Couldn't a been 
more privater and confidential than that. My! it is open ! 
ain't been stuck down proper. I'll just 'ave a squint at it, 

an' if so be it's bad noos {takes out letter) No, it ain't 

bad noos ; it's good noos. {breathlessly) It's from the 
lottery people, and 'e's won the prize, /i.eco. 2422. 
That's the number of 'is ticket. (puts down letter, takes 
ticket off table) No, it ain't, {sadly , sudden thought, takes 
own ticket out of bib) It's the number {breathlessly) of the 
one 'e give me. He give it me fer luck, and 'e's been and 
gone and lost all that money — an' I've been an' gone an' 
won it ! {pause) I'm a jolly good mind ter {business of 
going to change tickets, sees photo, puts own ticket back in 
apron, gets up, and goes and looks after Jack door L.) 
'E's 'avin* it out ter 'imself in there, an' I can't stand it no 
longer, so there ! {changes tickets, puts Jack's in bib, 
own on table, snatches up letter) Mr. Warren ter ! Mr. 
Warrenter ! Sich good noos ! Sich good noos ! 'Ere's 
a letter from the lottery people. It's open, and you've been 
and won the prize. 

Enter Jack, door L. 

Jack. Won the prize ! {comes down to back of table) 
The thousand pounds. Great Scott ! {takes letter) 

Cinders. Yes, the thousand pounds. Now you'll be 
able ter pay yer debts, won't yer ? 

Jack. Rather ! And if ever I touch a card again, 
may I be— and Mill y ! {picks up photo) Why, Cinders, 
you don't seem halt as glad as I thought you'd be. 
2 



i8 CINDERS. 

Cinders. But I am, Mr. Warrenter ! 'deed I am. 
A'most as pleased as if it was me meself. Hurray ! 
Hurray ! {slight break in voice) 

Jack. Won the prize ! By Jove, it does seem almost 
too good to be true. No. 2422 {stops short) 

Cinders. What's the matter, Mr. Warrenter? It is 
all right, ain't it ? No. 2422 'as won the prize, ain't it? 
{kneels one knee on arm-chair) 

Jack. Yes ! but that is not the number of my ticket. 
{slowly) It's the number of the one I gave you. 

Cinders. No, it ain't, Mr. Warrenter ! 'Ere's mine. 
{taking it out 0/ did) No. 2241, and {pointing to one 071 
table) there's yours, No. 2422. 

JACK, {puts down letter, taking ticket off table) Well, 

1 could have declared {catches her eye) Cinders, 

you have changed these tickets. (JACK speaks slowly) 

Cinders, {excitedly) No, I ain't. Ain't done nothink 
of the sort ! What'd I do a silly thing like that for ? 

Jack. Cinders, you told me just now you told lies, 
awful black lies. You are telling one now. This is your 
ticket. I made sure of the number in case you won the 
prize. You have changed them, and given me the win- 
ning number. 

Cinders, {recklessly) Well, what if I 'ave. I took a 
fancy ter this one. It ain't cheatin', is it ? 1 did it before 
the post come in. Anyway, I can't 'ave two ; and there's 
mine, {tears ticket up) So there ! 

Jack. That makes no difference. This is your ticket. 
It is yours by right, and the prize along with it. I —I 
congratulate you, Cinders, {puts ticket down on table) 

Cinders. What's the good of congratinatin' me ? 
The ticket ain't mine. You wouldn't 'ave give it me if 
so be as you'd a-thought it'd er won the prize. 

Jack. Maybe not ! But that makes no difference either. 

Cinders. Look 'ere, Mr, Warrenter, this ain't a ques- 
tion of lore, {turning quickly) 

Jack. No, I know it isn't. It's that motherly little 
heart of yours again. You are trying to make me take 
the money because you know I want it, but I can't accept 
it. {moves slowly down R. of table) 

Cinders. Not even from me, Mr. Warrenter? 

Jack. Least of all from you, Cinders. 

Cinders. Oh, Mr. Warrenter, do take it ! Do ! 
{picks up ticket and holds it out) 



CINDERS. 19 

JACK. Bless the girl ! You don't know what you are 
doing. Giving away ,£1,000 ! Why, it's a fortune to you 
as to me. 

Cinders. What's the good of a forchin ter me ? I 
shouldn't know what to do with it. If I was a lidy 
— {glances at portrait) but I ain't. 

Jack. But there are others to think of, Cinders, besides 
yourself — your mother and father, and those half dozen 
hungry brothers of yours. 

Cinders. The boys is alius a-fightin' over their 'a- 
pennies as it is — and mother's rheumatics 'ud be orful bad 
if so be she didn't 'ave ter work sometimes, and farver — 
it 'ud be all Boxin' Days with farver, and the money 'ud 
all go in bailin' 'im art. 

Jack. But you might be very happy, Cinders. 

Cinders. Me 'appy ! {slowly) 'Ow could I be 'appy 
with all that money, when I know'd as 'ow you was miser- 
able, maybe ill, like yer was jest now (Jack turns side- 
ways to audience ; Cinders goes up close beside him in 
front of table) a-breakin' yer 'eart out fer the want of it. 
1 couldn't a-bear that, Mr. Warrenter. You take the 
money and pay yer debts, that's the only way as I'll be 
'appy. [puts ticket into his hand at back of him) 

Jack. I can't do it, Cinders. It's neither just nor 
right. It's downright robbing you. 

Cinders. No, it ain't. You gives it ter me, an' I 
gives it ter you. Where's the difference ? Nobody won't 
know. I shan't say nothink abart it. {taking portrait 
off table, and holding it round for him to see) If yer 
won't do it for my sake, Mr. Warrenter, maybe you'll do 
it fer 'ers. It's 'er as is askin' yer — not me. {slowly/ 
slight break in voice) 

Jack. Cinders, you're a brick, {turns) 

Cinders. Yer a-goin' ter do it, Mr. Warrenter ? (a 
little gasp ; puts down portrait) 

Jack. Yes, Cinders. But {hesitatingly) look here, it 
isn't only the money. Didn't I promise if you won to 
marry you and make a lady of you ? 

Cinders, {facing audience) Marry me! With yer 
'eart a-given all the time to Miss H'lnnercent Truth? 
{points to portrait) That would be a bit too rediclous. 
{utile laugh) Jest as if I didn't know yer was only 
a-jokin' ! {jerkily) Jest as if anythink 'ud make a lidy 
er me, and she was born {portrait) and bred ter be a 



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2 o CINDERS. 

barynite's wife. I'm only— {break, facing audience, hands 
hanging) Cinders, as does yer fire fer yer. 

Jack. All right, then. But, all the same, I do feel a 
cad ! 

Cinders. Then don't you go and think anythink more 
abart it. I ain't a-goin' ter. {kneels at fireplace) I'm 
agoin' ter light this 'ere fire, {left hand up on shelf) 

Jack. And I— I know what I'll do. {puts on coat and 
hat) It's a bit early, but I'll go round and see Milly, and 
tell her it's all right. Good-bye, Cinders. You have 
brought me luck, and no mistake. And look here, Cin- 
ders, here's half a crown for you. It's my last, but, by 
Joye, you deserve it. {puts half -crown into hand on shelf) 

And if you and Jem 

Cinders. Don't say nothing abart Jem. I 'ates 'im, 
I does. I alius 'ated 'im, and na'- well, I 'ope as 'ow 'e 
don't come ter tea a-Sunday, that's all. 

Jack. All right then. And look here, Cinders, clear 
up nicely, and put some cups and saucers on the table. 
I'll make Milly celebrate the occasion by coming round to 
tea. I say, Cinders, you are a " minstreling h'angel," if 
you don't look like one— a regular " h'art and h'arter." 
{exit door R.) 

Cinders, [at fireplace) 'E gives me arf a crarn. {look- 
in? at it in hand) I'd rather he'd {right hand across 

mouth and back) And na' I s'pose they'll be married an' 
live 'appy ever afterwards, {gels up; sits armchair) I 
dunno what's come ter me. I was as jolly as a sandboy 
this mornin', and na'— na' -Feels as if there's been a big 
fire 'ere {hand to heart), and na' it's all gone art. Whats 
the use of knowing yer've got a 'eart only because its 
a-achin' ! {looks at portrait) Marry me an' make a lidy 
o' me ! It was only a joke, Mr. Warrenter, but oh ! Mr. 
Warrenter— {breaks down, cries, head on arms on table) 
Mr. Warrenter ! {pause; gets up) I don't think as 'ow 
I'll stay 'ere. I'll go away, and I'll come back presently, 
and lay the tea fer 'em. {sees lilies ; takes them out of 
glass and looks at them) 'E bought 'em fer er ! Ell 
be able ter buy 'er plenty more— na* ! {puts lilies inside 
bib, exit door R., slowly) 

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323 Adelgitha 

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326 Duke's Daughter 

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385 Social Glass 

386 Daniel Druce 
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388 Adrienne 

389 The Bells 

390 Uncle 

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392 Not Such a Fool 



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394 Prompter's Box 

395 Iron Master 

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399 Scrap of Paper 

400 Lost in London 

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405 Dreams 

406 M. P. 

407 War 

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VOL. XLT. VOL. XLII. 

321 Adventures of a Love 329 As Like as Two Peas 

322 I ost Child [Letter 330 Presumptive Evident 

323 Court Cards 331 Happy Band 

332 Pinafore 

333 Mock Trial 

334 Mv Uncle's Will 

335 H»ppv Pair 



324 Cox and Box 

325 Forty Winks 

326 Wonderful Woman 
8SH Curious Case 

828 Tweedletou's Tail Coat 



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VOL. XLIII. 

337 Sunset 

338 For Haifa Million 

339 C .ble Car 

340 Early Bird 

341 Alumni Play 

342 Show of Hands 
34* Barbara 
344 Who's Who 



VOL. XLIV. 

345 Who's To Win Him 

346 Which is Which 

347 Cup of Tea 
349 Sarah's Young Man 

349 Hearts 

350 In Honor Bound [Law 

351 Freezing a Mother-in- 

352 My Lord in Livery 



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VOL. I. 

1 The Irish Attorney 

2 Boots at the Swan 

3 How to Pay the Rent 

4 The Loan of a Lover 

5 The Dead Shot 

6 His Last Legs 

7 The Invisible Princ* 

8 The Golden Fanner 

VOL. II. 

9 Pride of the Market 

10 Used Up 

11 The Irish Tutor 

12 The Barrack Room 

13 Luke the Laborer 

14 Beauty and the Beast 

15 St. Pa'trkk's Eve 

16 Captain of the Watch 

VOL. III. 

17 The Secret (pers 

18 White Horse of the Pep 

19 The Jacobite 

20 The Bottle 

21 Box and Cox 

22 Bamboozling 

23 Widow's Victim 

24 Robert. Macaire 

VOL. IV. 

25 Secret Service 

26 Omnibus 

27 Irish Lion 

28 Maid of Croissy 

29 The Old Guard 

30 Raising the Win<! 

31 Slasher and Crnsher 

32 Naval Kngngementl 

VOL. V. 

33 Cocknies in California 

34 Who Speaks First 

35 Bnmbastel Furioso 

36 Macbeth Travestie 

37 Irish Ambassador 

38 Delicate Ground 

39 The Weathercock 

40 All that Glitters 

VOL. VI. 

41 Grimshaw, Bagshaw and 

Bradshaw 

42 Rough Diamond 

43 Bloomer Costume 

44 Two Bonnycastles 

45 Born to Good Luck 

46 Kiss in the Dark [jurer 

47 'Twould Puzzle a Con 

48 Kill or Cure 

VOL. VII. 

49 Box and Cox Married and 
60 St. Cupid [Settled 

51 Go-to-bed Tom 

52 The Lawyers 

53 Jack Sheppard 

54 The Toodks 

55 The Mobcap 

56 Ladles Beware 

VOL. VIII. 

57 Morning Call 

58 Popping the Question 
69 Deaf »s a Post 

60 New Footman 

61 Pleasant Neighbor 

62 Paddy the Piper 

63 Brian O'Linn 

64 Irish Assurance 

VOL. IX. 

65 Temptation 

66 Paddy Carey 

67 Two Gregones 

68 King Charming 

69 Po-ca-hon-tas 

70 Clockmaker'i Hat 

71 Married Rake 

72 Love and Murder 

VOL. X. 

73 Ireland and America 

74 Pretty Piece of Business 

75 Irish Broom-maker 

76 To Parts and Back for 

Five Pounds 

77 That Blessed Baby 

78 Our Gal 

7* Swiss Cottage 
80 Yeung Widow 



VOL. XI. 

81 O'Flannigan and the Fal 

82 Irish Post [Hei 

83 Mv Neighbor's Wife 

84 Irish Tiger 

85 P. P., or Man and Tiger 

86 To Oblige Benson 

87 State Secrets 

88 Irish Yankee 

VOL. XII. 

89 A Good Fellow 

90 Cherry and Fair Star 

91 Gale Breezely 

92 Our Jemimy 

93 Miller's Maid 

94 Awkward Arrival 

95 Crossing the Lhte 

96 Conjugal Lesson 

VOL. XIII. 

97 My Wife's Mirror 

98 Life in New York 

99 Middy Ashore 

100 Crown Prince 

101 Two Queens 

102 Thumping Legacy 

103 Unfinished Gentleman 

104 House Dog 

VOL. XIV. 

105 The Demon Lover 

106 Matrimony 

107 In and Out of Place 

108 I Dine with My Mother 

109 Hi-a-wa-tha 

110 Andy Blake 

111 Love in '76 [ties 

112 Romance under Difficul- 

VOL. XV. 

113 One Coat for 2 Suits 

114 A Decided Case 

115 Daughter [nority 

116 No; or, the Glorious Mi- 

117 Coroner's Inquisition 

118 Love in Humble Life 

119 Family Jars 

120 Personation 

VOL. XVI. 

121 Children in the Wood 

122 Winning a Husband 

123 Day After the Fair 

124 Make Your Wills 

125 Rendexvous 

126 My Wife's Husband 

127 Monsieur Tonson 

128 Illustrious Stranger 
VOL. XVII. 

129 Mischief-Making [Mines 

130 A Live Woman in the 

131 The Corsair 

132 Shy lock 

133 Spoiled Child 

134 Evil Eye 

135 Nothing to Nurse 

136 Wanted a Widow 
VOL. XVIII. 

137 Lottery Ticket 
Fortune's Frolic 

139 Is he Jealous! 
40 Married Bachelor 

141 Husband at Sight 

142 Irishman in London 

143 Animal Magnetism 

144 Highways and By-Wavs 
VOL. XIX. 

145 Columbus 

146 Harlequin Bluebeard 

147 Ladies at Home 

148 Phenomenon in a Smock 

Frock 
49 Comedy and Tragedy 
150 Opposite Neighbors 

161 Dutchman's Ghost 

162 Persecuted Dutchman 
VOL. XX. 

153 Mueard Ball 
54 Great Tragic Revival 

155 High Low Jack & Game 

156 A Gentleman from Ire- 
67 Tom and Jerry [land 

158 Village Lawyer 

159 Captain's not A-mlsi 

160 Amateurs and Actors 



VOL. XXI 

161 Promotion 

162 A Fascinating Individ 

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165 

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292 Sudden Thoughts 



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175 : 

176 Lady of the Lake (Trav) 
VOL. XXIII. 

177 Mad Dogs 

178 Barney the Baron 

179 Swiss Swains 

180 Bachelor's Bedroom 

181 A Roland for an Oliver 

182 More Blunders than One 

183 Dumb Belle 
1*4 Limerick Bov 

VOL. XXIV. 
1S5 Nature and Philosophy 

186 Teddy the Tiler 

187 Spectre Bridegroom 

188 Matteo Falcone 

189 Jenny Lind 

190 Two "Buzzards 

191 Happv Man 

192 Betsy' Baker 

Vol. xxv. 

193 No. 1 Round the Corner 

194 Teddy Roe 

195 Object of Interest 

196 My Fellow Clerk 

197 Bengal Tiger 

198 Laughing Hyena 

199 The Victor Vanquished 

200 Our Wife 
VOL. XXVI. 

201 My Husband's Mirror 

202 Yankee Land 

203 Norah Creina 

204 Rood for Nothing 

205 The First Night 

206 The Eton Boy 

207 Wandering Minstrel 
Wanted, 1000 Milliners 

VOL. XXVI f. 
Poor Pilcoddy 

210 The Mummy [Glasses 

211 Don't Forget your Opera 

212 Love in Livery 

213 Anthony and Cleopatra 

214 Trying It On 

215 Stage Struck Yankee 

216 Young Wife A Old Urn 
brella 

VOL. XXVIII. 

217 Crinoline 

218 A Family Failing 

219 Adopted Child 

220 Turned Heads 

221 A Match in the Dark 

222 Advice to Husbands 

223 Siamese Twins 

224 Sent to the Tower 
VOL. XXIX. 

225 Somebody Else 

226 Ladies' Battle 

227 Art of Acting 

228 The Ladv of the Lioni 

229 The Rights of Man 

230 My Husband's Ghost 

231 Two Can Play at that 
Game 

232 Fighting by Froxy 
VOL. XXX. 

233 Unprotected Female 

234 Pet of the Petticoats 



256 Ticklish Times 

VOL. XXXIII. 
V57 20 Minutes with a Tiger 

258 Miralda; or. the Justice 

of Tacori 

259 A Soldier's Courtship 

260 Servants by Legacy 

261 Dying for Love 

262 Alarming Sacrifice 

263 Valet de Sham 

264 Nicholas Nicklebv 

VOL. XXXI V". 

265 The Last of the Pigtails 

266 King Rene's Daughter 

267 The Grotto Nymph 
26S A Devilish Good Joke 

269 A Twice Told Tale 

270 Pas de Fascination 

71 Revolutionary Soldier 

272 A Man Without a Head 

VOL. XXXV. 

273 The Olio, Part 1 

274 The Olio, Part 2 

275 The Olio, Part 3 [tcr 

276 The Trumpeter's Daugh- 

277 Seeing Warren 

278 Green Mountain Boy 

279 That Nose 

280 Tom Noddy's Secret 

VOL. XXXVI. 

281 Shocking Events 

282 A Regular Fix 
583 Dick Turpin 
384 Young Sc:imp 

285 Young Actress 

286 Call at No. 1—7 

287 One Touch of Nature 

288 Two B'hovs 

VOL. XXXVII. 

289 All the World's a Stage 

290 Quash, or Niggor Prac- 

291 Turn Him Out' [tire 

292 Pretty Girls of Stfllberg 

293 Angel of the Attic 

294 CirrumstancesalterCases 

295 Katty O'Sheal 

296 A Supper in Dixie 

VOL. XXXVIII. 

297 Ici on Parle Francais 

298 Who Killed Cock Robin 

299 Declaration of Independ- 

300 Heads or Tails fence 



235 Forty and Fifty [book 

236 Who Stole the Pocket- 

237 My Son Diana [sion 

238 Unwarrantable I r. t r u - 

239 Mr. and Mrs. White 
248 A Quiet Family 



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301 Obstinate Family 

302 My Aunt 

303 That Rascal Pat 

304 Don Paddy de Bazan 
VOL. XXXIX. [ture 

305 Too Much for Good Na- 

306 Cure for the Fidgets 

307 Jack's the Lad 

308 MuchAdoAboutNothing 

309 Artful Dodger 

310 Winning Hazard 

311 Day's Fishing [Ac. 

312 Did you ever send your, 
VOL. XL. 

313 An Irishman's Maneuver 

314 Cousin Fannie 

315 'Tis the Darkest Hour be- 
;il 6 Masquerade [fore Dawn 

317 Crowding the Season 

318 Good Night's Rest 

319 Man with the Carpet Bag 

320 Terrible Tinker 



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